Toy shooting gallery



J. KECKEIS.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28, 1921.

1,41 5,365, I Patented May 9, 1922.

awr- INVENTOR 7 BY F ATTORNEV QFFICE.

JOSE KECKEIS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

intense.

Application filed January 28, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josr': KnoKnIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Toy Shooting Gallery, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relate to toy shooting galleries -in which a gun may be trained with great accuracy and a ball rolled over the floor of the gallery to cause the appearance of a figure.

The object of my invention is to produce a toy which teaches aiming and rewards a correct shot by the raising of a'figure.

I attain these objects with the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. I is a plan view of the entire apparatus.

Fig. II is an enlarged section through Fig. I along the line A-A.

Fig. III i a section through Fig. I along the line 13-13.

Fig. IV is a slightly enlarged section through Fig. III along the line CC.

Fig. V is a perspective view of the second wall to show the figure-raising mechanism, held down by the push button which constitutes the bulls-eye.

lSlIHllELI numeral refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The floor of the gallery is furnished by a triangular piece of board 1, about two or three feet long, and enclosed on two sides by the ledges 2, high enough to prevent the ball from rolling over the edges. At the base of the triangle is erected a target wall 3, with one or more push buttons 4, projecting through said wall near the floor. Behind the target wall is a second wall 5, and to the space between these two walls are mounted the Figures 6, 7, and 8, pressed down by hand into a horizontalposition, to be raised again automatically on pressure exerted against the push buttons from the front.

The manner of holding a figure by means of a push button is shown in Fig. V. The strip of metal 9, to which may be attached any figure, human, or animal, or even a flag 7, as shown in this case, is pivoted to the wall 5 by means of a screw 10. To the end 11, of the metal strip is attached a rubber band 12, which proceeds through the eye 13, in the floor of the shooting gallery and has the free end hooked over a nail or pin 14;.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

Serial No. 440,596.

push button from liding back too far. To I return a figure into horizontal position, the same is pressed into the recess and the push button is pressed in from the rear till the square end locks the arm again. Y

The figure in Fig. V happens to be a flag and a recess 17, has been provided in the wall 5, to make room for the cloth.

At the apex of the board is stationed a gun composed of a barrel 18, whose lower part has been cut away to give room to a metal base 19. A screw 20, holds the metal base to the floor of the shooting gallery, yet permits an oscillation of the gun on a horizontal plane. Within this gun is a piston 21, actuated by a compression spring 22. The pis-,

ton rod 23, projects outside the rear of the gun and is shaped into a handle 24, for withdrawing the piston, and also to limit the forward motion of the latter. On the piston rod is a nose 25, to engage a pin 26, in the barrel. A pull at the trigger 27, releases the piston, and the ball which is inserted through an opening 28, in the barrel will be pro pelled toward the target.

The front and rear sights on the gun are shown by the numerals 29, 30, respectively.

Marbles may be employed as shots but steel balls such as are commonly used in ball bearings, are preferred for greater accuracy, and to furnish a better guide for the ball the metal base is slotted at the muzzle end, which affords a very accurate runway for the ball.

To adjust the gun with great precision, and to prevent displacement when the trigger is pulled, an adjusting screw 31, is rotatably attached to the side of the barrel and screwably mounted in a bracket 32, at the side of the board.

The shooting gallery is to be placed on a table with, the trigger hanging clear off the edge. A ledge 33, across the board near the apex prevents the table from being marred by the screw. A similar ledge 34, is shown at the base in Figs. III and IV. By elevating the base slightly as for instance by the rubber buttons 35, the ball will after every shot return to the gun of its own accord. 7 Having thus described my invention it will be seen that my objects have been accom lished, and, though I have shown the pre erred form of construction, I reserve to myself the right to make minor changes, provided I do not violate the spirit and principle of my invention.

I claim. 1. In a toy shooting gallery, the combination or a triangular field, a target wall at one side of the field, push buttons near the bottom of the target wall, a gun pivotally mounted in a corner of the field opposite the target wall, said gun comprising a slotted metal plate resting on the field, a barrel having the lower surface flattened and attached to the metal plate, a bore in the barrel, said slotted metal plate forming the lower wall for the bore and serving as runway tor the ball, a spring piston within the bore, a handle extending rearwardly of the piston and projecting outside the bore, a nose on the handlevinside the bore, a pin traversing the bore and adapted to engage the nose, and a trigger to disengage the nose from the pin.

2. In a toy shooting gallery, the combination of a triangular field, a target wall at one side of the field, a gun mounted in one corner of the field opposite the target wall, said gun comprising a slotted metal plate resting flat on the field, a barrel having a longitudinal groove at the bottom and berect the gun from one end of the target wall to the other.

3. In a toy shooting gallery, the combina tion of a triangular field, a gun mounted in one corner and adapted to roll a ball over the field, a target wall at one side of the field opposite the gun, a'second wall behind the target wall, a lever fulcrumed to the second wall in the space between the two walls, said lever comprising a long arm and a short arm in alinement with the long arm, a figure on the long arm, an eye afiixed to the field below the short arm, a rubber band attached to the end of the short arm, said rubber band proceeding through the eye and fastened to the second-named wall, a short arm at right angles to the long arm and pointing downwardly when the long arm points horizontally, a. push button having a ker'lf across the upper surface, said push button being slidably mounted in the two Walls within the sweep of the downwardly directed arm, and.

when struck by a ball permitting the downwardly directed arm to swing upward through the kerf.

Signed by me at Portland, Oregon, this 21 day or January, 1921.

1 JOSE KECKEIS. 

